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This Year’s Top Documentary Filmmakers Discuss the “Incredible Instrument” of Their Craft
The Hollywood Reporter ‘s annual documentary directors roundtable this year features Raoul Peck ( I Am Not Your Negro ), Ezra Edelman ( OJ:...
Kirsten Johnson
2016
‘Cameraperson’ Explores Kirsten Johnson’s Life in Documentary Production
"A lot of it is the kinds of things that wouldn’t be included in the film I was shooting," says Johnson about the documentary.
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Watch the Trailer for Kirsten Johnson’s ‘Cameraperson’
The film premiered at Sundance this year and will be released in New York on September 9th and Los Angeles on September 23rd.
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‘Cameraperson”s Kirsten Johnson Examines How Her Own Memory Deals with Traumatic Visuals
Kirsten Johnson’s acclaimed documentary Cameraperson examines her own work over the past twenty years of being a documentary cinematographer, oftentimes filming instances of human...
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Kristen Johnson’s ‘Cameraperson’ Is a “Remarkable Self-Portrait”
Kirsten Johnson’s Cameraperson is a self-portrait of Johnson’s work as a documentary cinematographer. And while it asks tough ethical questions about the nature of some...
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Kirsten Johnson Examines the Role of the Cinematographer in Her Personal Essay Film ‘Cameraperson’
Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson examines her own work in the personal essay film, Cameraperson. Using footage and b-roll from her 15 years as a documentary...
2015
Contemplation, Observation and Creation: Documenting the Spiritual and Physical Beauty of a Buddhist Nunnery
Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson recounts her experience shooting Kim Shelton's observational documentary with the Sony FS7.
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